Unlock the potential of IoT with confidence in your security

As billions of new devices are connected, organisations need to secure them to help protect data, privacy, physical safety and infrastructure. Azure Sphere builds on decades of Microsoft experience in hardware, software and cloud to provide a turnkey solution for IoT devices. Get defence in depth to embrace IoT innovation with confidence.

Use Azure Sphere with any device

Securely connect your existing equipment

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Build and roll out new, connected IoT devices

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Fortify IoT with layered security

Azure Sphere is the only solution that delivers the seven essential security properties for the future of connected devices. Build your IoT operations on a chip with robust hardware security, a defence-in-depth OS, and a cloud security service that monitors devices and responds to emerging threats so you don’t have to.

Prioritise your business objectives

Lighten the load of connecting, managing and securing IoT devices at scale, and eliminate the need to invest in additional infrastructure or staff. Azure Sphere helps you optimise development and delivery, using a flexible software delivery model and development tools. Connect to any cloud, public or private.

Our hardware ecosystem

A global ecosystem of Microsoft partners delivers revolutionary new IoT hardware – from MCUs and crossovers to modules, development kits and guardian devices – to bring Azure Sphere to a broad range of customers and applications.

Media Tek 3620

MediaTek’s new cross-over class of MCU includes built-in Microsoft security technology, built-in connectivity and combines the versatility and power of a Cortex-A processor with the low overhead and real-time guarantees of a Cortex-M class processor.

Avnet Guardian module

Trusted by companies across industries for all types of devices

"Any time we can create additional moments of connection between our partners and customers we want to explore and activate. Our machines are what allow our partners to create that special beverage, and ensuring they are working properly is critical."

"Thanks to a unique architectural performance using a secure Azure Sphere microchip, LEONI and Microsoft together can also provide essential elements to the continuous improvement of digital functional models of cable systems as well as the active control of interfaces, making data end energy transfer of today's applications intelligent and secure."

"We at E.ON believe in increasingly electrified and connected homes, improving our customers' comfort at home and their quality of life. By teaming up with Microsoft and leveraging Azure Sphere we can leverage the opportunity and power of IoT and AI in a highly secure, trusted, and scalable way."

"We work hand-in-hand with hospital IT staff and take a defense-in-depth approach. Azure Sphere will allow us to really button up that last leg of our stack—hardware—to ensure we have the best protection against any potential security risks."

Device Partner Center: Azure Sphere Resource Center

Frequently asked questions about Azure Sphere

Azure Sphere components are tightly integrated and sold together at a single, one-off cost – delivering a highly secure solution for building connected devices and scaling your IoT deployment.

Azure Sphere works with a diverse group of expert hardware manufacturers and their broad ecosystem of vendors to design specialist Azure Sphere-certified chips that meet the needs of various markets. Extensive research and testing contribute to the development of the security technology and architecture for each Azure Sphere-certified chip.

Azure Sphere does not require you to pay any ongoing fees. The one-off cost you pay for your MCU chip includes access to the Azure Sphere OS, Azure Sphere Security Service and OS updates for the lifetime of your chip.

If you already have connection-capable devices and equipment deployed within your organisation, or if you’re considering connecting devices for the first time, Azure Sphere can help you protect your devices with guardian modules.

Azure Sphere is engineered to integrate with any cloud service, public or private – not just Azure. You can connect to other clouds for app data while running Azure Sphere – or optimise efficiencies by using Azure Sphere alongside Visual Studio and Azure IoT.

Azure Sphere provides a complement to Windows for IoT. Windows IoT provides a best-in-class solution for devices with MPU-class processing power or rich user experiences. Azure Sphere brings Microsoft security innovations and expertise in hardware, software and the cloud to IoT devices.